Research projects
Forest-related issues are complex and interrelated. It's impossible to approach a problem or area of study in the forest sector without considering its environmental, social and economic dimensions. Will a new way of thinning trees have more or less impact on nearby wildlife and waterways? Will it make the forest more or less attractive to recreational users? Will it speed up tree growth without weakening the wood? The "science" that helps answer such questions must in reality be many different sciences, from biology and environmental science to engineering and economics.
The Canadian Forest Service conducts research in many forest-related areas including climate change, pathology, entomology, forest management, socio-economy, among others. The list below offers specific project descriptions for a few of these research areas.
Forests in Canada
- General information (6 projects)
- Forest ecosystem products and services (8 projects)
- Classification (4 projects)
- Sustainable forest management (8 projects)
Climate change
- General information (15 projects)
- Forests and Earth's carbon balance (2 projects)
- National forest carbon monitoring, accounting and reporting system (1 project)
- Impact of climate change on Canada's forests and forest sector (1 project)
- Helping Canada's forest sector and society adapt to climate change (1 project)
Fire
- General information (3 projects)
- Fire ecology (2 projects)
- Protecting communities from wildland fires (1 project)
Industry
- General information (12 projects)
- Biomass, bioenergy and bioproducts (4 projects)
Insects and diseases
- General information (15 projects)
- Brown spruce longhorn beetle (2 projects)
- Forest ecosystem impacts (2 projects)
- Economic impacts (1 project)
- Risk-based decision making (2 projects)
- The threat of mountain pine beetle to Canada’s boreal forest (2 projects)
- Spruce budworm (6 projects)
Remote sensing
- General information (3 projects)
- High spatial resolution image analysis (3 projects)